From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 21:12:10 +0100 Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/platform/x86/dell-smo8800.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-smo8800.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-smo8800.c index 1d87237bc731..9590d5e7c5ca 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-smo8800.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-smo8800.c @@ -150,10 +150,8 @@ static int smo8800_add(struct acpi_device *device) struct smo8800_device *smo8800; smo8800 = devm_kzalloc(&device->dev, sizeof(*smo8800), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!smo8800) { - dev_err(&device->dev, "failed to allocate device data\n"); + if (!smo8800) return -ENOMEM; - } smo8800->dev = &device->dev; smo8800->miscdev.minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR; -- 2.15.1